User`s guide

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Installing Your Wireless Router
Changing a LAN to a WLAN
Follow these instructions if you are using your Wireless Router to
convert an existing wired network to include wireless computer
stations only—in other words, if you are changing a LAN to a
WLAN.
Note: Your Wireless Router alone is not enough to create a
WLAN. Each network station must have a wireless network
adapter installed or connected. Go to the Adaptec Web site at
www.adaptec.com for information on Adaptec Wireless PC
Cards and Wireless PCI and USB adapters.
These instructions assume that you have an broadband modem
currently connected to one of your wired computer stations.
To connect your Wireless Router:
1 Find a suitable location to install your Wireless Router.
For maximum performance, install it in the center of your
network, in a place that has a line of sight to all the devices
connecting to it.
The higher you place your Wireless Router, the
better the signal coverage will be, especially if you have
wireless stations upstairs from your Wireless Router.
Caution: Keep it as far away as possible from potential
sources of interference, such as microwave ovens, 2.4 GHz
wireless telephones, baby monitors and other wireless
devices.
2 If desired, attach your Wireless Router to the wall, using the
mounting screws provided.
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